The Schiavo issue

[scaeagles]

Feeling is a brain stem function, I believe. The cerebral cortex is for higher reasoning functions. I am no neurologist, so I could be wrong, of course. Those who spend lots of time with her - meaning her parents - seem to believe there is a certain amount of interaction from her. Of course that is probably from hope driving what they believe they have experienced with her - I accept that. The flip side to that is, of course, that if she has no feeling or higher brain function, how can she be suffering by being in the state that she is?

Sanctity of marriage taking precendence over a basic human right to live? I know you were making an attempt at sarcasm, but I think it fails there.

I have never said it is about the money to the man. However, he has certainly put himself in the position that he doesn't function as her husband, choosing to move on. I do not fault him for moving on with his life - what a tough situation for him. But if he's going to move on, it's an all or nothing proposition.